A block of five flats with goods worth several thousands of Naira have been destroyed in early morning inferno on Sunday in Galadimawa village, a suburb of Abuja.
The shops include a provision stores, salon, a patent medicine and interior decoration facilities as well as mattresses and rugs mini depots.
Witnesses say the blaze started at around 1a.m. and lasted for an hour before it was put out by fire fighters from the Federal Fire Service.
Residents say the fire was caused by electrical faults from one of the shops.
A resident of the village, Mr. Paul Ikyado said the level of destruction caused by the fire would have been averted to a reasonable level if the firemen were reached on time.
“When the fire started, we were helpless; we had no emergency number or contact of the fire service.
“The rugs and mattresses caused more fire and the electrical fault from the ceiling made the fire spread faster.
“The items lost in this fire would have been less if we got the fire men on time,” he said.
Mr. Ikyado called on the government to enhance the services of the fire service by providing short, prompt and popular emergency numbers for citizens’ safety.
Some of the shop owners were not residents of the village and could not be contacted immediately.
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